Physical Science
Earth Science
Life Science
Nature of Science
Vocabulary
100

Sound waves cannot travel through the following:

Gases    solids   liquids   water


What is space

100

Amount of water vapor in the air.

temperature  pressure  weather  humidity


What is humidity?

100

This organ pumps blood through your body

What is the heart?

100
This type of investigation is best used to observe the nesting habits of sea turtles in their natural habitat.


Controlled Experiment           model    

simulation                            field study


What is field study?

100
Rock formed by cooling of magma or lava.

What is igneous rock?

200

This force acts against the motion of a pulley.

Electricity  Friction  Gravity  magnetism


What is gravity?

200

The small rocky planets having few moons are called this.

What are the inner planets?

200

This gives plants color and also traps sunlight for photosynthesis.

What is clorophyll?

200

True or False


A representation of some object or event in the real world is a field study.

What is false?

200

A statement that interprets the data.

What is results?

300

This is the BEST example of electrical energy being changed to light energy.

lamp     sewing machine    can opener    blender

What is a lamp?

300

The amount of sunlight reflected on the moon's surface decreases it is known as this type of moon.

What is a waning moon?

300

An animal that breathes through gills and lives in water when it is young but can live on land and in water when it is older.

What is an amphibian?

300
Fact, opinion, hypothesis or inference:


"The toy car is beautiful."

What is an opinion?

300

A detailed list of the supplies and equipment used in an investigation.

What is the materials list?

400

The large, gaseous planets with multiple moon and ring systems.

What are outer planets?

400

This is the imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth from the North to the South pole.

What is axis?

400

An internal support structure of an animal.

What is an endoskeleton?

400
This item is best used to separate iron filings from sulphur powder.


filter   funnel   magnet  sifter

What is a magnet?

400

An educated guess.

What is a hypothesis?

500

The energy of motion or position

What is mechanical energy?

500

The breaking down of rocks and minerals by wind, rain and snow.

What is weathering?

500

A hard outer structure, such as the shell of an insect or crustacean.

What is an exoskeleton?

500

Sources of information that are used to learn about the problem being investigated.

What are reference materials?

500

A unit of measure used to describe the distance in space.

What is light year?

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